The Shakopee High School volleyball team, the two-time defending Class AAA champions, play Chaska at 6 p.m. today for the Section 2 championship at Chanhassen High School.
Read updates on the progress of the match on this web site tonight.
By Mollee Francisco, Correspondent
Chaska violin maker Tom Carlson took home fifth place in the Violin Makers Association
of Arizona International Competition last month. It was his best showing to date for one of his violins.
“We’re consistently improving,” he said. “I’m happy with it.”
Those following the reconstruction project on First Avenue in Shakopee may want to attend a special City Council meeting next Tuesday.
City councilors will receive an update on the First Avenue/County Road 101 redesign, proposed between Spencer Street and Marschall Road, from consultant Bolton and Menk.
A group of interested businesses and community leaders have been meeting periodically since June to review and discuss issues regarding the anticipated reconstruction.
Shakopee High School invites fans to wear red as it takes on Chaska High School in the Section 2A final Saturday.
The undefeated Shakopee volleyball team competes against Chaska at 6 p.m. Saturday at Chanhassen High School, 2200 Lyman Blvd., Chanhassen.
Shakopee continues to be the Twin Cities leader in new-housing permits and for the number of housing units planned, according to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC),
Shakopee was the top city in the metro area with 54 permits issued in October, followed by Blaine (30), Maple Grove (24), Woodbury (23) and Lakeville (20).
Operation Christmas Child is coming to Shakopee.
A relay center will be located in the Shakopee Town Square later this month for people to drop off shoe boxes of gifts for children in need around the world.
Popular local burger eatery Lions Tap has reached a settlement with McDonald's Corp. over the hamburger giant's use of the slogan "Who's Your Patty" in a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign for Angus burgers.
In documents filed in federal court today, the Eden Prairie restaurant withdraws its suit, which asked for a financial judgment and McDonald's to quit using Lions Tap's trademarked phrase in all advertising.
By Kristin Holtz, Staff Writer
Once upon a time in a faraway land, a fretful princess spent a night atop 20 mattresses, tossing and turning this way and that in the desperate hope of getting a little shut eye.
OK, so it wasn’t just a pea. And the princess wasn’t exactly your prototypical royalty. And there might have been an unexpected pregnancy integrated into the subplot.
Get the real scoop on “The Princess and The Pea” fairytale when the Shakopee High School Drama Department presents its fall musical “Once Upon A Mattress.”

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